Today’s message emphasizes the importance of controlling our speech and aligning our communication with God's will, continuing last week’s message regarding the unreliability of our carnal minds and the importance of allowing the Mind of Christ to guide our responses.

The sermon explores God's design for communication through scripture, highlighting the weight and influence of words on relationships, communities, and how they reveal our inner hearts.

Several powerful scriptures are examined, including Proverbs 16:1-3, which illustrates the relationship between God's sovereignty and human faithfulness. These proverbs read together, stress how our words should be seen as instruments under divine stewardship, and that we should seek God's guidance before speaking, especially in challenging conversations.

Proverbs 18:21 and James 3:1-12 emphasize the power of the tongue to bring either destruction or restoration. The scriptures from the Apostle James warn us against gossip, rumors, slander, and other harmful speech, comparing them to a raging fire that can destroy lives and communities.

We also reference Jesus' teachings in Matthew 12:36-37 and Luke 6:43-45, highlighting the eternal importance of our words and the need for our hearts to be aligned with God's goodness always.

Overall, the sermon calls for believers to commit their speech to the Lord, allowing their words to become instruments of grace, healing, and truth.

It concludes with a prayer for God to transform our tongues into channels of His life-giving love.